Metropolitan

Name: Metropolitan
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Walter Jon Williams
ISBN: 9781982620325

Author: Walter Jon Williams

Series: Metropolitan Series #1

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 13 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 01/29/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Aiah has fought her way out of poverty and discovers a limitless source of plasm, the mysterious substance that powers the world-city. Her discovery soon involves her with Constantine, the charismatic, dangerous, seductive revolutionary who plans to overthrow the government and upend the cosmic order.

About Walter Jon Williams

Walter Jon Williams has been nominated for every major science fiction award, including Hugo and Nebula award nominations for his novel City on Fire. His books include The Sundering, The Praxis, Destiny’s Way, the Quillifer trilogy, and The Rift. He lives near Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife, Kathy Hedges.

About Emily Woo Zeller

Emily Woo Zeller is an Audie and Earphones Award–winning narrator, voice-over artist, actor, dancer, and choreographer. AudioFile magazine named her one of the Best Voices of 2013. Her voice-over career includes work in animated film and television in Southeast Asia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jason on May 06, 2012

4.5 Stars What an amazingly original piece of what could be best described as hard-fantasy. This novel is a hybrid cross of fantasy and science fiction. Much of it plays out like a cyberpunk novel, while at other times it feels like a steampunk alternate universe story. This is not an action based n......more

Goodreads review by Brent on May 17, 2020

An odd mix of fantasy and science fiction with a steampunk edge. Great world-building.......more

Goodreads review by Alan on August 20, 2021

What's the worst thing in a city that covers the world? To live forever with the object of desire and not to possess it. —p.7 Walter Jon Williams' Metropolitan (along with its sequel, City on Fire) were a wonderful beginning to a trilogy that never quite ended. Williams himself says, in the FAQ on his......more

Goodreads review by Liviu on April 29, 2012

Inspired by the recent reissue digitally I read again (it is either 4th or 5th time overall, not sure though I think it is 5th) the Metropolitan/City on Fire sequence; the one distinction this time was that I read the two books the first time after a heavy dose of fantasy reading from 2008-2011 when......more

Goodreads review by Stuart on June 16, 2022

Science-fantasy, social commentary, romance, dystopian adventure This is a very ambitious book that demands a lot of the writer and reader, so requires some work on your part to understand the world that WJW has built, and then put together the plot puzzle pieces along with the main characters. As I......more

Quotes

“Entertaining…Williams understands that science fiction can breathe life into language…[His] writing is always lean, lively, and engaging.” New York Times Book Review

Awards

Nebula Award